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A five-car wreck involving Danica Patrick during Wednesday’s Sprint Cup practice session has turned up the pressure on the only female competitor at SpeedWeeks.

Patrick will be forced to her back-up car and to start from the back of the pack during the second of Thursday’s Budweiser Duels qualifying race.

Patrick will have to finish in the top 15 to guarantee herself a spot in her third Daytona 500.

“I’m fine, other than really obviously disappointed,” Patrick told reporters after a brief medical examination. “I know it was a good car. I was just riding along and it turned. It’s the nature of pack racing. That’s what...

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A five-car wreck involving Danica Patrick during Wednesday’s Sprint Cup practice session has turned up the pressure on the only female competitor at SpeedWeeks.
Patrick will be forced to her back-up car and to start from the back of the pack during the...